A Sorcerous Defence Against Malevolent Spirits, discussion on sorcerous self defence Options

ok, so I became intrigued by another post and have been unable to shake the idea of starting this thread mainly because I wish to see what others believe would be a good defence against malevolent spirits should you find yourself being thrown in a position that rituals are unable to be performed.

ok, so I became intrigued by another post and have been unable to shake the idea of starting this thread mainly because I wish to see what others believe would be a good defence against malevolent spirits should you find yourself being thrown in a position that rituals are unable to be performed.

Warding (I think that's the term) is one of the main things that got me interested in magick. I'm a rank newb so I don't know the LBRP or other such coolness I will admit, but the one spell I have been able to cast solo so far was actually one to set up barriers...and although I'm pretty sure it's worn off now for 3-4 days it seemed to work very well, given that I'd been having a few problems before I did it. I didn't get any nasties in here, and although I'm killing spiders fairly frequently in this house, in my room for that period I didn't see any of them either!

The way I did it was a sigil/futhark protection runes inside a more usual upward pointing pentagram. My friend Grimstone and I usually do magick together, and he focuses on the Norse gods, so I usually put the rune for either Thor or Odin in the centre of it, since although he focuses on them more, I like working with them as well. They seem to be very nice...very willing to help. My own primary focus in terms of god forms (at least for protection) is Kali, and so although her yantra is somewhat too big to put in the centre of the star, I draw a simple sigil to represent her...three diamonds, based on the shape of her three eyes.

This probably wouldn't stop any of the summoned entities that the big rituals like the LBRP are designed to stop, no...but I have found it's good for keeping rank and file nasties (wandering spirits, thoughtforms, various other annoying little entities) out of my bedroom.

Also...for the "walking down the street," scenario...Grimstone and I both have guardian servitors, which I definitely recommend. Thor is also apparently supposed to be exceptional for protection in that very scenario, if you visualise him going ahead of you. If I was going to be in a situation that I knew might be risky, I'd probably also do a somewhat larger than usual offering to Kali ahead of time, as well as sigiling for protection. Not for direct physical protection as such...but for positive manipulation of probabilities. Prevention of "being in the wrong place at the wrong time," sort of thing...since I suspect that that is easier.